How North Korean hackers stole a record $2bn in crypto — and the year’s not over

Elliptic says 2025 thefts have already smashed records. Funds believed to help bankroll Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.

AI fuels social engineering but isn’t yet revolutionizing hacking

“Although AI is often touted as a game‑changer for the social‑engineering landscape, in the context of phishing, most threat ...
Cybernews

Hackers leveraging Teams to drop malware, steal data, Microsoft warns

Microsoft warns that hackers are exploiting its Teams platform for various malicious activities, from initial reconnaissance ...
MarTech on MSN

Salesforce says social engineering to blame for breaches leading to ransom demands

Salesforce said its platform wasn’t compromised, but that’s little consolation to the companies and consumers potentially impacted. The post Salesforce says social engineering to blame for breaches ...
Forbes

Social Engineering: How A Teen Hacker Allegedly Managed To Breach Both Uber And Rockstar Games

Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. Rockstar Games—the developers of the popular Grand Theft Auto series of video games—was hacked just days after ride-hailing giant Uber’s ...
HR Dive

Hackers target Workday in social engineering attack

Workday has confirmed that it fell victim to a wide-ranging social engineering campaign that allowed hackers to access information at one of its third-party vendors. The hackers work by impersonating ...
New Orleans CityBusiness

Guest Perspective: How businesses can prevent social engineering cyberattacks

Social engineering scams target human behavior, not systems. Learn how businesses can stay safe with MSP support and employee ...
Engadget

How a social engineering hack turned these Facebook pages into a dumping ground for spam

Hannah Shaw, better known as the “Kitten Lady,” teaches people how to care for neonatal cats, and has raised more than $1 million for animal shelters and rescues. Her Facebook page has gained over a ...
CoinTelegraph

CoinStats hack caused by ‘socially engineered’ employee, CEO suspects

The recent hack of 1,590 CoinStats crypto wallets was carried out by compromising a CoinStats employee. On June 22, the cryptocurrency portfolio manager CoinStats temporarily suspended its services ...
Engadget

Workday says hackers used social engineering to access personal data during a breach

Human resources technology company Workday has confirmed that a data breach has affected its third-party CRM platform. In a blog post announcing the breach, the company said that a social engineering ...
InfoWorld

Ex-hacker spills secrets of fighting social engineering

Keen to the importance of not simply clicking on any email I receive in my inbox, I recently received a message with a subject line I could not resist: “Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training.” For ...
InfoWorld

Hacker Mitnick preaches social engineering awareness

SYDNEY — Properly trained staff, not technology, is the best protection against social engineering attacks on sensitive information, according to security consultant and celebrity hacker Kevin Mitnick ...